- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Introduction
- Dell Precision Optimizer components
- Performance
- Track and Analyze
- System maintenance
- User feedback
- Improve Dell Precision Optimizer
- Enterprise tools
- APPENDIX A - dpoCmd.exe Exit Codes
- APPENDIX B - WMI Class Definition Files
Dell Precision Optimizer Administrator’s Guide
DPOCMD.EXE
Dell Precision Optimizer 5.0 and later provides CLI tool, dpoCmd.exe, that allows the IT administrator the following capabilities:
- Add a new Profile or Policy
- List all Profiles
- Enable or Disable a Profile
- Schedule System Analysis report(s) with specific filters
- Run Dell Precision Optimizer Dell System Update with filters
- Check for Dell Precision Optimizer Dell System Updates with filters
- Export a user created profile
- Import a user created profile
- Enable/Disable UI features using the following CLI options; these are also controlled using new command line switches in Dell Precision Optimizer installer:
|
Control |
Definition |
Default |
Command line switch |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProfileControl | If 0, then do not allow user to enable or disable profiles | 1 | PROFCTRL |
| ProfileUpdate | If 0, then do not allow user to check for new profiles | 1 | PROFUPD |
| SystemUpdate | If 0, then do not allow user to check for system updates | 1 | SYSUPD |
| DDVControl | If 0, then do not allow user to enable or disable the System Analysis reports | 1 | DDVCTRL |
| UserFeedback | If 0, then do not allow user to send Dell Precision Optimizer feedback | 1 | USRFB |
| WorkloadAnalysis | If 0, then do not allow user to run Workload Analysis | 1 | WKLANL |
| GfxPlugins | If 0, then do not show GfxPlugin options to the user | 1 | GFXPLUGINS |
| ImproveDPO | If 0, then do not show user Improve Dell Precision Optimizer setting | 1 | IMPROVEDPO |
| ISVCertDrvr | If 0, then do not allow user to view/install ISV Certified graphics drivers | 1 | ISVCERTGFX |
| SmartAlerts | If 0, then do not allow user to enable or disable the Smart Alerts | 1 | SMARTALERT |
CLI Usage:
dpoCmd.exe -savePolicy <complete_dpx_path> dpoCmd.exe -saveProfile <complete_dpx_path> dpoCmd.exe -listProfiles dpoCmd.exe -enableProfile <profile_guid> dpoCmd.exe -disableProfile <profile_guid> dpoCmd.exe -scheduleReports <numReports> <reportDuration> [-r <ddvSubSystem> ] [-r <ddvSubSystem>] ...
- where,
<reportDuration> can be one of 0, 4, 6, 8, 12
- 0 means daily report
- 4 means 4 hour report
- 6 means 6 hour report and so on.
-
-r <ddvSubSystem> removes that subsystem and the data does not appear in the DDV reports that are generated. <ddvSubSystem> can be one of the following:
- Battery
- Thermal
- Fan
- Processor
- Memory
- Network
- Storage
dpoCmd.exe –cancelReportsdpoCmd.exe -enableFeatures <feature> [<feature> ...], where <feature> can be one of the following:
- PROFCTRL
- PROFUPD
- SYSUPD
- DDVCTRL
- USRFB
- UPGOPT
- WKLANL
- GFXPLUGINS
- IMPROVEDPO
- ISVCERTGFX
- SMARTALERT
- PROFCTRL
- PROFUPD
- SYSUPD
- DDVCTRL
- USRFB
- UPGOPT
- WKLANL
- GFXPLUGINS
- IMPROVEDPO
- ISVCERTGFX
- SMARTALERT
dpoCmd.exe -updateNow -criticality:CRO -filter:BDAF -device:ACMSNV <activityLogFileName> dpoCmd.exe -checkForUpdatesNow -criticality:CRO -filter:BDAF -device:ACMSNV <activityLogFileName>
where -criticality: can be one or more of the following:
- C => Critical
- R => Recommended
- O => Option
where -filter: can be one or more of the following:
- B => BIOS
- D => Drivers
- A => Applications
- F => Firmware
where -device: can be one or more of the following:
- A => Audio
- C => Chipset
- M => Mouse/Keyboard
- S => Storage
- N => Network/Bluetooth
- V => Video
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